{"id":76884,"date":"2022-03-04T10:15:29","date_gmt":"2022-03-04T15:15:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/?p=76884"},"modified":"2022-03-04T15:38:59","modified_gmt":"2022-03-04T20:38:59","slug":"wellness-week-to-focus-on-student-physical-mental-health","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/2022\/03\/wellness-week-to-focus-on-student-physical-mental-health\/","title":{"rendered":"Wellness Week to focus on student physical, mental health"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A series of virtual and in-person events next week will encourage students to reflect on their physical and mental well-being.<\/p>\n<p>The Brock University Students\u2019 Union (BUSU), Brock Student Wellness and Accessibility Centre (SWAC), Brock Recreation and the Brock University Library have created a packed lineup for Wellness Week from Monday, March 7 to Friday, March 11.<\/p>\n<p>Wellness Week events will focus on both physical and mental health for students as they prepare for exams.<\/p>\n<p>Events will include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A Wellness Fair on Monday, March 7 at Union Station, which will feature vendors who may aid in students\u2019 wellness journey. Attendees can win a free meal box from Hello Fresh.<\/li>\n<li>ExpressFit classes courtesy of Brock Recreation will run each day throughout the week. Participants can win a $50 gift card from the Campus Store.<\/li>\n<li>Paint Your Feelings on Tuesday, March 8. The SWAC team is hosting a paint night to promote self-expression, positivity and self-reflection. Participants will be entered to win a $50 gift card to Michaels.<\/li>\n<li>Plant Positivity on Wednesday, March 9. Participants will plant a succulent and learn how to develop a growth mindset from the SWAC team.<\/li>\n<li>Mini Massages on Wednesday, March 9 at Union Station. Trillium College will be on site to provide free stress-relieving massages.<\/li>\n<li>The Brock Library will host a Wellness Book Club on Instagram Live Wednesday, March 9 to discuss Dr. John Ratey\u2019s 2008 book, <em>Spark: The Revolutionary new Science of Exercise and the Brain<\/em>.<\/li>\n<li>The Great BUSU Baking Class on Wednesday, March 9 on Zoom. Hosted by Boxed Cookies, BUSU will provide the dry ingredients to bake delicious treats prior to the class.<\/li>\n<li>Mental Health Discussion on Thursday, March 10 on Zoom. The Jack.org Brock Chapter president and student representatives will host a discussion about mental health.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For more information, including times, registration details and additional events, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.brockbusu.ca\/wellness\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">BUSU\u2019s Wellness Week website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>To learn more about mental health resources available at Brock, visit <a href=\"brocku.ca\/swac\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">brocku.ca\/swac<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A series of virtual and in-person events next week will encourage students to reflect on their physical and mental well-being.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":68,"featured_media":76885,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[7484,1,4],"tags":[2701,7284,3577,2203,5056,7419],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76884"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/68"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=76884"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76884\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":76887,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76884\/revisions\/76887"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/76885"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=76884"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=76884"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=76884"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}